THOMAS BENTLEY born July 11, 1717
Old and New Westmoreland, Vol. 3
Editorial Supervision of Capt. Fenwick Y. Hedley
New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918
Pg. 168
WILLIAM HENRY ANDERSON – This branch of the ANDERSON family came to Pennsylvania from Wheeling, then in old Virginia, where WILLIAM HENRY ANDERSON, now of Jeannette, Westmoreland County, was born.Settlement was first made in Pittsburgh: MR. ANDERSON, who had become identified with the glass industry, moved to Jeannette in 1888.He is a descendant of WILLIAM ANDERSON and wife, both born in Scotland, who came to Hampshire County, Virginia, and there WILLIAM ANDERSON died in 1797.His son, THOMAS ANDERSON, born in Hampshire County, Virginia, in 1733, was a soldier of the Revolution, as was his grandson, JAMES ANDERSON, born in Hampshire County, Feb. 7, 1768.JAMES (2) ANDERSON, great-grandson of the founder, settled in West Virginia, and from him sprang FRANKLIN ANDERSON, father of WILLIAM HENRY ANDERSON.JACOB ANDERSON, one of the family, of Loudon County, Virginia, was a wagoner on the old National Pike, and while driving a loaded team down Sideling Hill, four miles west of Hancock, Maryland, in 1837, lost control and was dashed to death against a tree.
FRANKLIN ANDERSON, son of THOMAS ANDERSON, was born in Somerset County, Pa., and died in 1876.His father at one time kept an inn on the National Pike west of Cumberland, but moved to Pittsburgh, Pa.He was educated in the public schools, and early in life learned the trade of glass-blower.He became a manufacturer of glass later and was a pioneer in making white glass.His first plant was located in Wheeling, then in old Virginia, but later moved to Pittsburgh, where he continued in glass manufacturing as long as he lived.He married, in 1846, MARY A. WEIMS, born in Wheeling, of old Virginia family, who came to Wheeling from Winchester.FRANKLIN and MARY A. ANDERSON had ten children, two only now living, WILLIAM HENRY, and MRS. ANNA ANDERSON BRINDLEY, of Sharpsburg, Pa.
WILLIAM HENRY ANDERSON, son of FRANKLIN and MARY A. (WEIMS) ANDERSON, was born at Wheeling, Virginia, Feb. 1, 1847.He attended Wheeling schools until ten years of age, when his parents moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he attended public schools, and Duff's Business College, where he was graduated class of 1866.Prior to entering Duff's College he served for about a year in Company G, Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, enlisting under President Lincoln's last call for men.After graduation at Duff's, he entered his father's employ as clerk at the glass works, continuing with him for eight years.At the close of his term with his father, he began manufacturing under his own name, first in Pittsburgh, later in Rochester, Pa., where he erected a plant and operated several years.He then sold out and became manager of the (pg. 169) Rochester Glass Works.In September, 1888, he located in Jeannette, Pa., and until 1899 was connected with H. Sellers & McCee, glass manufacturers.He then retired from the glass business to enter the employ of the borough and has since been continuously in that service, mainly as street commissioner.He has ever been active in the Republican party, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and for 48 years has been a member of the Masonic order, now a member of McCandless Lodge, No. 390.
MR. ANDERSON married, Nov. 5, 1869, CATHERINE ROWE, daughter of JOHN and MARGARET (KNOWLES) ROWE, of Pittsburgh.JOHN ROWE came from Ireland a youth, located in Pittsburgh, and there was engaged in the tailoring business the remainder of his life.MARGARET KNOWLES, born in Pittsburgh, was of a pioneer Allegheny family.Mr. and Mrs. ANDERSON have children: SAMUEL K.; WILLIAM and FRANK, now in the glass business in Newark, Ohio (WILLIAM married AGNES GRUBER, children, WILLIS and THOMAS; FRANK married MARY POWELL, child, MARY); MARGARET; MARY; THOMAS; SARAH, married RAY HARINGTON; KATE, married CHARLES SCHRIBER, one child, WILLIAM A.
On the golden anniversary of his wedding day, THOMAS ANDERSON received the following letter from his youngest brother, DAVID S. ANDERSON.Both were grandsons of THOMAS and REBECCA (BENTLEY) ANDERSON, great-grandsons of THOMAS and ELIZABETH (BERGEN) BENTLEY, and sons of THOMAS and HANNA (McCURDY) ANDERSON:
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 1, 1886
To THOMAS ANDERSON: -
To celebrate a golden wedding in a country peopled by so many millions as ours is not an every day occurrence and when two have been permitted to dwell together for fifty years in wedded life it is a fitting tribute to that event that the brothers and sister, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, gather together to mingle joy with your joy.And it is appropriate on an occasion of this kind to compile so far as data will serve, a history of our ancestry and the families that have descended from them.
THOMAS BENTLEY, our great-grandfather, was born July 11, 1717, but where we do not know, nor when or where he died.Our great-grandmother, whose maiden name was ELIZABETH BERGEN, was born July 12, 1716, where we do not know, but rather incline to believe that it was in New Jersey.They had nine children: MARY BENTLEY, born April 2, 1742; THOMAS BENTLEY, April, 1744; JOHN BENTLEY, March, 1746; NATHANIEL BENTLEY, May 10, 1749; ELIZABETH BENTLEY, June 9, 1752; BERGEN BENTLEY, 1754; REBECCA (our grandmother), September 18, 1756; PETER, born March 27, 1759; ELIZABETH, March, 1773; WILLIAM, March, 1775.
Grandfather ANDERSON, whose name was THOMAS, was born in the year 1748, in the city of Dublin, Ireland.This place of his nativity is not authentic.It comes from a cousin who thinks that she heard him say that he was born in Dublin.However, it is the only evidence that we can obtain that approximates positiveness.He died May 11, 1798, aged 50 years.Grandmother ANDERSON,whose maiden name was REBECCA JENNINGS BENTLEY, was born September 18, 1756, being always under the impression that she was born in Providence, Rhode Island, but recent information obtained says it was in the State of Massachusetts.She died December 2, 1798, about eight months after grandfather died.They had seven children, four sons and three daughters: THOMAS ANDERSON (our father), born March 23, 1778, died February 5, 1830, aged 52 years; REBECCAANDERSON, born December 19, 1779, died February 22, 1802, aged 23 years; MARY J. ANDERSON, born January 13, 1784, died September 26, 1862, aged 78 years; R. JENNINGS BENTLEY ANDERSON, born June 10, 1788, died July 6, 1789; JANE ANDERSON, born May 23, 1790, died in 1872, aged 82 years; RICHARD J. ANDERSON, born April 9, 1796, died in 1872, aged 72 years; ARTHUR ANDERSON, born June 10, 1798, died young.
THOMAS ANDERSON (our father) married HANNAH McCURDY and had nine children, eight sons and one daughter, as follows: THOMAS, JAMES C., MARY J., FRANKLIN, WILLIAM, JOHN, EDWARD, DAVID, and SAMUEL, the last named dying when two years old.REBECCAANDERSON married NEIL DENNY and had no children.MARY J. ANDERSON was twice married, her first husband, MICHAEL DENNY, brother of NEIL , her second husband, JAMES GALLAGHER.They had but one child, a daughter, who married JOHN HANNEN, of Baltimore, later resided in Rochester, New York.RICHARD JOHN ANDERSON was married twice, but to whom he was married either time I have no information, but (pg. 170) they had I understand quite a number of children.It was my pleasure to have seen but one of his descendants.JANE ANDERSON was married to WILLIAM STEWART, and had three children, one son and two daughters, THOMAS F., LOUISA and MARGARET.THOMAS F. died the present year.LOUISA and MARGARET reside in Washington City.As to the history of our grandfather and mothers (McCURDY) maternity, I have no knowledge further than that they had 8 children, three sons and five daughters: JOHN, ISAIAH, JAMES, DELILAH, NANCY, SUSAN, HANNAH (our mother), and ELIZABETH, well known as AUNT BETSEY.Who JOHN and ISAIAH (McCURDY) married I cannot tell.JAMES married ANN SYSTER.They had six children, one son and five daughters, all married. Two daughters live in Indianapolis, Indiana; two daughters and the son live in Mount Vernon, Ohio.There is the only one descendant of DELILAH living, a granddaughter, MRS. E. V. McKEE.SUSAN (McCURDY) married MORRIS LINDSEY.They had six children, all dead but two, JOSEPH, who resides in Pittsburgh, and WILLIAM, who lives somewhere in Westmoreland County, Pa.NANCY (McCURDY) married at an advanced age an old man named ___.
I have now given you as complete a history of our ancestors and families that have descended from them as the meager information I have will permit.Father and mother were married by Thomas Logan, Esq., January 21, 1807.In 1825 they moved from Somerset County, Pa., to Pittsburgh, which was at that time a borough.Some two or three years later, after they came to Pittsburgh, father met with an accident which finally terminated in his death.He died in the prime ofhis life in view of the flattering prospects of a busy and successful life.At his death mother was left with 9 children without means of support, but by tact and energy she was enabled to keep the family united until they arrived at the age of manhood and womanhood.She was permitted to live to see all her children married (except SAMUEL, who died the same year that father did) and to look upon many of her grandchildren, with a few of her great-grandchildren.She lived beyond her three-score years and ten, and died trusting in a risen Saviour.For 32 years the family chain of nine links remained unbroken.The first link that gave way was brother WILLIAM, who was the very embodiment of ambition and energy.He died March 17, 1862, aged 42 years.The second was our dear mother (HANNAH McCURDY ANDERSON), who was a model mother in many things, for in all the vicissitudes of life through which she passed, nothing was preceptible to indicate that any change she had to endure was grievous to her.She died November 9, 1862, full of years, aged 77.The third was brother EDWARD, who died January 8, 1870.He was a gentle, kind and affectionate brother that none could help but like, for he had a warm heart for all.The fifth was our only sister MARY, who died March 1, 1879, aged 63 years.She was not unlike mother in many ways, but she possessed an excitable disposition which I never recognized in mother, yet a more loving, forgiving heart for her kith and kin never dwelt in a human body.The sixth was brother JAMES, who died March 23, 1883, aged 71 years.He possessed a faculty in life which I think exceeded the same in all the rest of us and that was affability.His address was pleasant and acceptable to all with whom he came in contact and he was both warmhearted and kind.Only three links remain (1886), yourself, the eldest, JOHN, and myself, the youngest.You being the eldest was the first to marry and it is the fiftieth anniversary of that event that we are assembled to celebrate.As a father and mother, many thoughts have passed through your minds.Many plans have suggested themselves to you for the future success and happiness of your children, and it is scarcely credible that all your thoughts and plans have been attained.Many of them no doubt have flown into space like the diversions of your minds from one thought to another, but if all your thoughts and anxieties have not been realized there is much consolation for you in the fact that those of your children who are spared to you are engaged in the active pursuits of life and are near you to watch over your fast declining years.Only three links of the family remain unbroken, yourself, brother JOHN and myself.How soon we may have to follow those who have preceded us over the Dark River is unknown to us, it may be tomorrow, this year or it may be yet a few years in the future.Be that as it may, it cannot be long at most, for we are in that age when the summons may reach us at any moment, and when I express a desire that we may so live that when the Bridegroom cometh he may find us waiting with our lamps fully trimmed, I hope that you and brother JOHN will echo – Amen.
I am your brother,
D.S.A.
Old and New Westmoreland, Vol. 3
Editorial Supervision of Capt. Fenwick Y. Hedley
New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918
Pg. 171
SAMUEL K. ANDERSON – Although a native of Pittsburgh, SAMUEL K. ANDERSON has lived during practically his entire mature life at Jeannette, Westmoreland County, Pa., and has become most closely identified with the business life and general affairs of that flourishing community.
His birth in the Metropolis of those parts occurred November 5, 1870, but he formed very few youthful associations with his native place as his parents moved to Rochester, Pa., when he was a very small child.It was in the public schools of the latter place that he gained his education, what there was of it, but his advantages in this direction were very meager as he was obliged to begin work when only 8 years old.At that age he started to work in the glass factories of Rochester as a “fire-up” boy.Here he remained for a number of years, but in 1888, when he was 18 years of age, his parents moved to Jeannette, Pa., and he accompanied them.The change of location, however, did not mean a change of occupation, and he remained in the glass business until 18 years later, spending in all some 28 years therein.In the year 1906 MR. ANDERSON opened a restaurant in Jeannette, which he successfully conducted for about 7 years.In the month of May, 1913, however, he purchased the Trimble Hotel at Jeannette and is the successful proprietor and manager of this popular house today.MR. ANDERSON is prominent in fraternal and social circles and is affiliated with a number of important organizations of this character.He is a member of the Benevolent and Protector Order of Elks; and of the local lodges of Moose and the Eagles.He is also a member of the Jeannette Turn Verein, and takes an active part in life of all these societies.In politics he is a Republican, and in early childhood was associated with the Baptist church in Jeannette.
On January 20. 1897, MR. ANDERSON was united in marriage with ROSA WEIGOLD, a daughter of GEORGE JOHN and ANNA MARIE (WERNER) WEIGOLD, old and highly respected residents of Pittsburgh, Pa.To Mr. and Mrs. ANDERSON the following children have been born: MARY, March 17, 1898, at Jeannette, and DAVID WILLIAM, February 15, 1910, at Jeannette.MRS. ANDERSON'S family is of German origin, her father, GEORGE JOHN WEIGOLD, having been born in that country.He came to the U.S. With his parents while a mere youth and settled in Pittsburgh.He received much of his education in the public schools of that city, enlisted in the Union army and served throughout the Civil War.He took part in all of the most important battles in that titanic struggle, and immediately before the close of hostilities was wounded in the right leg and received his honorable discharge.He was a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a staunch Republican during the remainder of his life.Of his marriage with ANNA MARIE WERNER the following children were born: GEORGE, who is now employed in the glass works at Grapeville, Pa.; HENRY, who works in the glass factories of Jeannette, Pa.; ANNIE, deceased; LENA, who became MRS. JOHN SHANAHAN, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; ELIZABETH, who became MRS. JAMES EVANS, of Jeannette, Pa.; ROSA; and KATTIE, now MRS. FRANK ROE, of Homestead, Pa.Besides these there were five other children who died in infancy.MR. WEIGOLD'S death occurred in March, 1910, and that of his wife in October, 1916, in her 80th year.MRS. ANDERSON died May 13, 1917, and her remains were interred in Jeannette Cemetery.
JEANNETTE MEMORIAL CEMETERY, JEANNETTE, PA.
ALL LAST NAME ANDERSON BORN BEFORE 1900:
ADELAIDE, L., b, 1882; d. 1961
CATHERINE ROWE, b. 1852; d. 1922
ELIZABETH B., b. 1866; d. 1953
HARRY L., b. April 26, 1883; d. Jan. 13, 1963
KATHERINE J., b. 1890; d. 1963
MARGARET M., b. 1880; d. 1942
MARY M., b. Nov. 25, 1888; d. July 17, 1954
NEVIN D., b. 1892; d. 1949
ROSA, b. unknown; d. May 13, 1917
WILLIAM H., b. 1847; d. June 29, 1937